Beso Imports
Beth Kuchynka • July 27, 2020
Beso Imports Wine Tasting
This is the guest we had hoped to have in the shop back in March (remember then?) Well now it's summer so we've switched up the wines and welcomed Patrick back with a beautiful tasting for you to try at home! Take your time with these, get your good wine glasses out, and maybe a notepad too. Think of tasting with intention. Don't take the wine into your mouth until you've been able to think of a couple of words that describe what your nose is smelling. Watch the video when you taste, at your own pace - pause when you need...
The wines of Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe available in Washington state are not only largely organically grown but perhaps more diverse than any other region in the world of wine. Here farmers have never had to fight against top down regulations limiting the types of grapes that can be grown or the percentages of them allowed in finished blends. Here, the land, the climate and the farmer’s sensitivity to what actually worked given the natural resources available in the environment, led the way. The result is wines made from a diversity of grape varieties that spans all of those best known in France, Italy and Spain. Each farmer plants what works best in his or her family vineyards.
This freedom to grow what actually worked best gives rise to the precision expression seen coming out of the Valle today. These are not wines that taste “like” wines from anywhere else and it is this “somewhereness” inherent in these wines that is stealing the hearts of consumers across the nation.
Washington is fortunate to have exclusive access the largest portfolio of Mexican wines available anywhere in the US, and these wines show the diversity and quality on offer from the region.
While we would love to have all of you in the shop (Patrick lives in Anacortes) it's just not possible right now. So better yet we've brought this gifted importer, Patrick Neri of Beso Imports and wine maker, Santiago Lopez into your home via video. We hope you'll enjoy!
This kit includes,
5 tastes, a bite of food, notes & videos as well as discounts on purchases
Purchase online here.
Which Pour Are You Coming For? Wine Club Members 2 for 1 Discounts offered on purchases seated as a group, food available for purchase Thursdays 5-7 tickets here
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Join us for a special seated tasting on Thursday, May 15 from 5–7 PM with Clarke Boehling of Rosenthal Wine Merchant While visiting trade accounts in the area, Clarke has carved out time to lead this intimate tasting—and we’re thrilled to host him. This is a rare chance to explore the Rosenthal portfolio through the eyes (and palate) of someone who knows it inside and out. Tickets here .
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Fall Wine Extravaganza Join us for an afternoon of delicious wines! Unlike our tastings of the past, this will be more like what we call a "trade" tasting. Each rep will be stationed at a table with 4 of their wines - a mix of chilled whites/roses and reds. You are welcome to mingle, pose questions to the reps, bounce back and forth and taste at your own pace. We'll provide solo cups to encourage you to pace yourself and spit. We'll have staff passing bites of food to pair. We'll be joined by Eric, Jesse and Ken in the Coupeville Rec Hall. This will give us all plenty of room to spread out. There will be discounts offered, lots of conversations had and as much education as you would like. This is a standing, social tasting. Wine club members enjoy discounted ticket pricing as well as deeper discounts on orders at the event. Join one of our wine clubs before the event to take advantage of these extra discounts. You don't want to miss this one! A great opportunity to taste before you buy, restock your wine rack and choose a few special bottles for the upcoming holiday season. Saturday 29 October 3 - 5 Coupeville Rec Hall tickets are required Non-wine Club member Wine Club member